Tag Archives: Secret

Pig Faced Penelope

Posted on June 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Inspired by a movie shared with someone very special to me as a movie that is very special to her… https://flic.kr/p/hzjmyP Pig Faced Penelope by Michael Romani A slap on the face to high society Trapped on trappings of notoriety … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Audacity, Care, City, Distraction, Embrace, Escape, Expose, Faces, False, First Edition, Hate, High Society, Indignity, Integrity, Life, Lights, Missed Point, Night, Notoriety, Penelope, Photograph, Pig Faced, Plastic Veneer, Playroom, Poem, Poetry, Pretty, Priceless, Run, Secret, Self-Love, Shallow, Shame, Slap, Surface, Tale, Test, Trap, Truth, Vain, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Secret of Getting Ahead Is Getting Started

Posted on June 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) American Author and Humorist … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Ahead, Break, Complex, First, Manage, Mark Twain, Secret, Staart, Task, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Dragged Down

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Little something that fell together while I was playing guitar tonight… Dragged Down by Michael Romani Feeling less than fulsome Dragged down something awesome Drinking to oblivion stage side Letting my rage riff on a free ride At the turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Awesome, Battle, Clever, Clue, Cry, Down, Drag, Drink, Feeling, Forever, Free Ride, Goodbye, Guitar, Knew, Lost, Messed Up, Noewhere, Oblivion, Page, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rear Pew, Riff, Sage, Secret, Slow, Stage, Stumble, Thicck, Wave | Leave a comment

Hot Sauce

Posted on June 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Scribbled tales tell more than most would want to know, right? Hot Sauce by Michael Romani Layers of texture Provide the details The hot sauce of conjecture Told in a scribbled tale It’s a portrait of a community But also … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Common, Community, Conjecture, Deep, Destination, Downtown, Eseence, Eyes, Family, Fascination, Good, Graffiti, Grief, Hot Sauce, Layer, Los Angeles, Magic, Neon, Nostalgia, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Revelation, Scribble, Secret, Seek, Shimmer, Sisterhood, Star, Sunrise, Tale, Texture, The Hood, Tragic, Whisper | Leave a comment

Meant To Savor

Posted on May 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Does anyone else here really love sushi? Silly question? Meant To Savor by Michael Romani Two parts One part art And presentation The other That of flavor Memories of the heart The secret part Both memory and fascination Each reminding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Art, Bamboo Flute, Believe, Best, Better Times, Bite, Close, Cruelty, Duty, Feet, Fish, Flavor, Heart, Japan, Life, Love, Memories, New Love, Novelty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presentation, Ready, Relax, Remind, Right, Savor, Seaweed, Secret, Survive, Sushi, Today, Treat, True, Vinegar Rice | Leave a comment

Like Dominoes Falling

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this the 18th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, the challenge is to write an elegy in which the sadness is based less on abstraction than concrete verbiage that helps a person feel the depth of sorrow felt. To that degree, I … Continue reading →

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An Obsession of Shadow

Posted on April 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge for the 13th day of Na/GloPoWriMo is to write something spooky or somewhat creepy. To me, there is maybe nothing more creepy than the shadowed, dark side of human nature. An Obsession of Shadow by Michael Romani Hiding … Continue reading →

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On Outrunning Grief

Posted on March 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Appear, Blindness, Brain, Dark, Diary, Disappear, Fall Apart, Feel, Feeling, Follow, Grief, Heart, Hope, Kindness, Lark, Lock, Outrun, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Said, Same, Say, Secret, Self, Show, Strain, True, Victim, Way, Words, World | Leave a comment

Leading Toward Significance In Free Verse

Posted on February 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #12 is to be written in Free Verse. The word prompt is ‘echo’. Free Verse is: From https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/free-verse and https://literarydevices.net/free-verse/: “Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech. A regular pattern of sound or … Continue reading →

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Heartbreaks Forgiven

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I wrote this poem just now. Please forgive the typos. It’s sort of a word flow thing…. Heartbreaks Forgiven by Michael Romani I watched you kill your child today I held your hand and did not look away You told … Continue reading →

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